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' Be .it-.knownthat I, TrraoDonE H.' KRUSE,

a citiaen 'of the UnitedStates, residing-.at v Arvada, in the countyv ofJederson and State .510i Colorado, have invented a new and usefulv-Automobile Attachment, of which the` followingis a specification.

The device forming the subject matterof Ythis application isadapted tobe applied -to te an `automobile, Vfor the purposey oir' indicat mobile,combined-with novel means for acl tuating both of the Signals at' once,whereby the signals will point in the 'saine direction v toward one sideof the machine'or the other.

The invention aims to improve the con- 20. struction of the"signals toprovide novel means foractuating the signals, and toprol vide vnovelmeans whereby `the device forming they subject matter ofthis application.may beassembled readily with a motor pro# 215 pelled`A vehiclewithoutworking serious or extensive changes thereim` It is within the proyince`of 3d present invention appertains.

With'the above and which will appear as the descriptionlproc-dsz A tionand arrangement of parts4 and. in the detalls of constructionhereinafterdescribed' and claimed, -it. being; understood that changes in theprecise embodiment of .the inventonherein disclosed can be made withinthe scope of what is' claimed, without de. parting from the Vspirit "ofthe invention. lin the accompanying drawing :qy ,Figure 1 showsin-sldeelevatlon, a motor propelled vehiclel equipped .with/the devicelorming the subject matter of this applica- Aeotiong' Fig. 2 is-.adiagrammatic, vboi-.tom plan illustratingv the'. means.l whereby thesignals are actuated simultaneously; j

Fig. 3 is a fragmental front elevation `showing the means whereby theforward' signal operating sha-rt is mounted;

. nilllating the Signals; 551 ig. 5 1s a 'agmental perspectivefehowingone of the at the disclosure to improve generally Vand to enhance theutility of devices-of'that type towhich the other objects in .view

the invention resides Yin' the' combina- 0f 'the 'b i thus the' shaftlisfprev'ented from moving p L. Y' Adownwardly beyond a .predeterminedpoint.

Fig. 4 is an elevation showing thejshatf under the control ofvanoperatonjtorma.

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8.' lournaled in the sleeve 2l visa ehadtd wie Sismi 23 the 'and Fig.4.6 isa cross. section takenapproximately on the line 64-6 of Fig. 1; I

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Figs. 7 and '8'4 are .perspective views, def

lineating the constituent members of the signal, the signal element-inFig. 7 being partly broken away. y

In' the accompanying drawings, the nu meral 1 indicates the body of- .anautomobile, the radiator being' shown at 2, lthe same bein provided with-a filling nipple 3 asis usua The automobilel: is shown,y for the sakeof economizing space in the drawings,

as being provided with one seat, Vbut it is obviousthat this de'tail isof no importance. A resilient clamp I5V embraces the filling '-nipple '3closely and terminates` in arms 6 between whichi's located a block 7 `towhich is rigidly held a vertical bearing ,sleeve 8,

preferably 4fashioned from metal.j 'Ar tight."-v 4eningmeans' such' asabolt 9fpasses vthrough the arms'- 6 and through theY bloc'k. 7 andserves' to hold the latter in'fplacetogether with the sleeve '8.Securedv to theibottom of `the body 1l of the automobile at the forwardend thereof is a bearing'lO. Journaled for .rotation inthe bearing-10and inthe bearing sleeve 8 isa shaft 11 which is threaded at its:upperend as shown at 19.V Theshaft 19 is equipped. Vadjacent, its upper4end with a `plurality 1, of Vvertical slits y152,' dening yieldable.lingers 14.

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the signal comprising'an arrow 15 .and a rdisk 16, the'arrow .andthedislr-'being'fslotted intheir edges asshOWn at 17, sothat the arrowand the'. diskmay be interlocked and be disposed at right angles to'each other. When the arrow 15 and the dislr 1 are placed together, thesignal thus formed is pushed downwardly into the slits 12 of the shaft.11, between the fingers 14. A nut 18 isfmounted on the threaded portion19 of the shaft and bears against the upper edges ofthe arrow 15' an hod these elements firmly in lace, and in abutment with the shaft 11 at te lower ends ofthe slits .12. The lowerv edges et the arrow 15 ang thedisk 16 rest on the u per end e ring lsleeve 8 `in the bloc -7 and',Attached'to the rear-endet the body 1 nd'*projectingtherefrom is Aabracket 2U 21 resembling-the sleeve the dish 16, to,

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lllll shaft 1.1. Attached to the uppervedge of signal being constructed,respectively, like the shaft 11 and lthe signal 15-16. The arrowportions of the signal may-be lettered Y to convey any desiredinformation, the disks 16 preferably being painted red or some otherdistinguishing and prominent color.'

Secured to the lower end of the shaft 22 is a ltransverse arm 24, atransverse arm 25v being secured to the lower end of they the body 1 ofthe vehicle, in accessible relation to the seat 4 is a plate 26.Journaled plate 26 and extending for rotation in the downwardly betweenthe constituent parts ofthe sidewalls 0f the body 1 ofthe automobile isashaft 27 provided at its upper end with a handle 28, and equipped at itslowerend with an arm 29. A flexible element 30 connects thecorresponding ends of the arms 25 and a iiexible element 31 connects theopposite, corresponding ends of intermediate portion of the flexibleelement -31 being attached to the end of the arm 29 which is operated bythe shaft 27.

v,In practical operation, rotation may be vimparted to the sha-ft 27 bymeans of the handle 28 whereupon the arm 29` will actuate. the flexibleelements 31 and 30'and, through the medium of the arms 24 and 25,operate the shafts 22 and 11, and the signals carried thereby, theconstruction being such that both of the arrows 15 will pointsimultaneously in '.(clommon direction,I

toward one side of the icle, and indicate the direction in# which thevehicle is to be turned.

Having thus described the invention, what is-claimed is In a device ofthe class described, a, vehicle body; a signal shaft journaled on theforward end of the body; a. signal shaft journaled on the rear end ofthe body;-an actuating shaft journaled on the body intermediate the endsofthe body; `a crank arm on the actuating shaft; arms carried by thesignal shafts;4 a iexibleelenient connecting the arms of the signalshafts on one side of the signal shafts; and a second flexible elementextended between the arms of the signal shafts on the other side of thesignal shafts, the second iexible element being ex-v tended across thefirst specified flexible element at two points, and being connected,intermediate its ends, to the crank arm of the actuating shaft.

' In `testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have lheretoaiiixed my signa- P ture in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE H. KRUSE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. MABERLY,

HENRY J. JUCHEM.

